- Tytuł:
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Wilanowska kolekcja roślin egzotycznych w świetle inwentarzy z 1856 i 1857 roku
Wilanów collection of exotic plants revisited – inventories of 1856 and 1857 - Autorzy:
- Kuśmierski, Jacek
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2057722.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2021
- Wydawca:
- Muzeum Pałacu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie
- Tematy:
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Potocki family
Aleksandra Potocka
August Potocki
Wilanów
garden
orangery
plants - Opis:
- The Potocki family contributed greatly to Wilanów gardens in two fundamental aspects: they developed the landscape arrangement of the palace and park, and they created alarge collection of glasshouse and orangery plants. Exotic plants were grown in the garden grounds in an orangery, a conservatory for fig trees, two hothouses, a glasshouse and two conservatories for pineapples. Until now, the species composition of the plant collection was known only from fragmentary information in the press covering garden exhibitions, in which Countess Aleksandra Potocka was actively involved. The missing information was found in two previously unknown inventories of 1856 and 1857 kept in the collection of the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw (AGAD). They contain lists of glasshouse and orangery plants prepared by the inspectors of the Wilanów gardens. The aim of the present research was to identify the reasons and conditions for the preparation of these inventories, and to characterize the plant species mentioned therein. Manuscripts were rewritten and decoded, and then analysed for historical aspects and detailed botanical information. The precise historical context of both documents was established after the comparison of historical plant names with the modern nomenclature, and a total of 763 plant species and varieties were identified. Most of these plants are native to tropical and subtropical regions of North America, South America or Asia. The extraordinary diversity and richness of the Wilanów collection of exotic plants indicates that the owners of the estate at that time, Count August Potocki and his wife Aleksandra, had a huge interest in botany and provided versatile forms of patronage to gardens.
- Źródło:
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Studia Wilanowskie; 2021, XXVIII; 253-356
0137-7329
2720-0116 - Pojawia się w:
- Studia Wilanowskie
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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